title: Malignant pleural mesothelioma: current and future perspectives.
abstract: Mesothelioma still remains an occupational related cancer with severe outcome. It is usually diagnosed at advanced stage since it does not demonstrate early symptoms. Several efforts have been made towards removing all materials inducing mesothelioma in the work setting and new work protection measures have been applied. Although we have new targeted treatments and radical surgery as arrows in the quiver, the type of mesothelioma and early diagnosis still remain the best treatment approach. Novel treatment modalities have been explored and several others are already on the way. In the current review we will present current data for mesothelioma and future perspectives.
authors.affiliation: Pulmonary Department-Oncology Unit, "G. Papanikolaou" General Hospital, Aristotle Univesrity of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, Greece;
authors.forename: Konstantinos
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Porpodis
authors.forename: Paul
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Zarogoulidis
authors.forename: Efimia
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Boutsikou
authors.forename: Antonis
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Papaioannou
authors.forename: Nikolaos
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Machairiotis
authors.forename: Kosmas
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Tsakiridis
authors.forename: Nikolaos
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Katsikogiannis
authors.forename: Bojan
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Zaric
authors.forename: Branislav
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Perin
authors.forename: Haidong
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Huang
authors.forename: Ioanna
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Kougioumtzi
authors.forename: Dionysios
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Spyratos
authors.forename: Konstantinos
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Zarogoulidis
keywords: Mesothelioma; diagnosis; pathogenesis; targeted treatment; treatment